Genesis 23:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
In context
2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6 “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
Genesis 23:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
- KJV King James Version
- I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
- WEB World English Bible
- “I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.